Distance from the record
This close sat 1.26% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2009-09-01.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 9 September 2009, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $995.30 per troy ounce on 9 September 2009, down $2.600 (0.26%) from the previous close of $997.90.
This close sat 1.26% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2009-09-01.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $787.10, making this a +26.45% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $995.30 per troy ounce on 9 September 2009. That is $2.60 lower than the previous close of $997.90, a move of -0.26%.
The gold price fell on 9 September 2009, losing $2.60 (0.26%) against the previous session's close of $997.90.
At $995.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $32.00 on 9 September 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 9 September 2009 18k gold was worth about $24.00 per gram and 14k about $18.67 per gram, against $32.00 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 60.5 on 9 September 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 60.5 ounces of silver.
A year before 9 September 2009, gold was around $787.10 per troy ounce. The close of $995.30 therefore represents a rise of 26.5% over twelve months.
It closed 1.26% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2009-09-01.